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<br /> <br />reclaimed with. Roads will be constructed 20' wide with road base and will be compacted if <br />necessary and will have water applications as needed. <br />Mining will progress through the Phases numerically. A table of expected mining lives for each <br />Phase is included in Table D-3. The life of each Phase is based on the anticipated annual <br />average tonnage. Any available topsoil from a new azea will be used to reclaim the previously <br />mined areas. <br />Table D-3 <br />Mining Tonnage per Area <br />Phase Acres Tons Gravel Gravel Life (years) <br />1 10.96 298,857 1.2 <br />2 10.94 322,692 1.3 <br />3 10.84 276,601 1.1 <br />Total 32.74 898,150 3.6 <br />Note that the azeas above only include mining azeas. <br />One entrance will be used to access and mine the pit from the East side of the permit. The access <br />is not currently present, but will be created along with the mining activities and will be left after <br />reclamation for access. This new access can be seen on Map C-2. Details of the access are shown <br />on Map C-4 which is part of the Access Application to Rio Blanco County. The road will be <br />approximately 20-24 feet wide and 850 feet long. In order to meet County standards, the first 50 <br />feet of the road will be paved in order to limit dirt tracking on the County Road 5. The road will <br />be primarily flat, following the original topography, with only the last portion at a 10% grade to <br />access the staging area. Additionally, a 24" culvert will be placed across the existing ditch to <br />allow for water to continue flowing through the ditch. <br />Topsoil will be stored along the north perimeter of the lake in order to be ready for easy <br />reclamation. Also, topsoil will be stored in a T high berm along the southern edge of the permit <br />boundary. The topsoil stockpile along the north side of the pit will allow a visual buffer to the <br />White River City Pit, April 07 D-5 <br />